For the old D&D players

[Two Saks]

The D&D co-creator has gone on to the next level. Oh the hours spent keeling wandering monsters or figuring out how to cross a bottomless chasm with only 10 ft of rope, a waining torch and gold pieces on the other side...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax

[Baak]

Sad news. Thanks, Gary, for some amazing gaming!

Ah, the days of lead figures and wooden matches (preferably black with orange tips) to map out the dungeons...

I've still got my old boxed set and Advanced D&D books (sadly mangled the one time I lent them out), though I haven't looked at them for years. Tunnels & Trolls and Monsters! Monsters! et al are right there too (different company, but same stuff).


In fact, a few weeks ago I went on a nostalgia hunt to track down all the board games and wargames (hex) I could remember ever playing. Managed to find them all, which was cool, including the ones obtained from a brief subscription to "Strategy & Tactics" magazine. Dang, those games were great!

In the process of doing that I began to wonder whatever happened to wargames in general (heh) and why they vanished. I didn't think it was just technology (i.e. computers) since so many computer games wouldn't hold a candle to them, and I came across this article. Interesting for thos who once were into them:

http://www.costik.com/spisins.html

[vinylrake]

Sad news. Thanks, Gary, for some amazing gaming! :D[

Aye.


In the category of bygone games still clinging to life - I was talking to Zertigo the other day and found out he is long-distance GMing a game of GammaQuest for some sibs and nieces/nephews. (basically an email play by mail)